I am sure you
have seen this bike on my page before. The owner of this amazing machine
is Tak, he is one of my NSR riding friends and he is from Nagoya, the
city that I live in Japan. Tak was my first and best riding friend.

His
bike really is an amazing machine !! It started off as a 1994 SE model
in blue and white colors. Tak has always been a huge fan of Rothmans colored
GP bikes.

One of the first
things you notice is the great bodywork on this bike. All of it is from
Silhouette Japan. The upper cowl has a removable fiberglass light cover
that is easily removed when it gets dark. The cowl is about 6 cm wider
than the standard upper cowl and it has cool looking air ducts which
are made of real carbon fiber. The lower cowl is lighter in weight than
the original and also longer which gives the bike a truer GP appearance.

A
view of the rear seat cowl that lots of people have been talking about.
It's a one piece unit. You do lose your small storage space but make up
for it with a substantial savings in weight.

From the back
of Tak's bike you can clearly see the twin small brake lights which
are included with the seat cowl from Silhouette Japan. Tak relocated
the turn signals and constructed his own fenderless kit for the bike
which cleans up the back of the bike, saves weight, looks cool and moves
the license plate up closer to the seat. He also added a device that
allows you to quickly change the angle of the license plate for improved
aerodynamics : - )

Another
view of the front of his bike. The quality of the bodywork is excellent.
Tak made all the graphics himself with some vinyl and a hobby knife. The
wind screen is the original unit. A smaller mirror helps to clean up the
image of his bike. Check out how much deeper the Silhouette Japan front
fender is compared to the original.

Tak has spent
numerous hours and cash to finish his bike. All of these stickers are
exact replicas based on real GP machines. Tak's bike looks great, but
looks wasn't everything. He wanted power and performance to make the
bike go as fast as it looks !!

The
first thing to be replaced on his bike were the restrictive and heavy
factory chambers and silencers. He choose the 500V type from Jha with
carbon kevlar silencers. After that he was impressed but still needed
more. Also added were carbon reed valves and a turbo filter from Daytona.
As well as reed valve spacers and stuffers from HRC.

Japanese
back roads in the mountains are notorious for their rough speed bump like
surfaces to slow down drivers, so Tak got himself one of those nice looking
NHK steering dampers to smooth things out. Tak claims it makes a huge
difference.

A
view from the top of his bike. Tak also added a FCC heavy duty clutch
kit to handle the extra power as well as heavy duty springs. Braking has
been improved with Daytona race pads.

If
you look closely you can see the front fork stabilizer from Coerce. It
is extremely light in weight and improves your turn in response which
means faster and more confident cornering.

A
nice shot of the rear tire from Michelin. Check out how the tire is used
right to the edges. Tak spends most of his time riding fast in the corners
than he does going straight.

This
is Tak !! The man behind this NSR !! Tak has been riding and racing for
quite some time now. His skills are amazing. He is always experimenting
with his bike and finding new ways to improve it. Tak always takes time
to help out other riders who need help and always lends a hand to anyone
in need. Thanks Tak !!

Every
month I try to feature a different NSR in this section. Above you can
check out the featured Bike of the Month and past Bikes of the Month.
Do you think your NSR belongs here ? Then send a few pictures and some
information and maybe we can feature it here. Mail
me here. Cheers !!